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[Verse]
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The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
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I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
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And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
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'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.'

[Chorus]
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Let him sing me back home to the songs I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Please take me away and turn back the years
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Sing Me Back Home before I die

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I remember one Sunday morning a choir from off of the streets
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They came by to sing a few old gospel songs
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And I heard him tell the singers 'There's a song my mammy sang.
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Won't you sing it once before we move along?

[Chorus]
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Oh, won't you sing me back home? With the songs I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Please, take me away and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I die
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Oh, won't you sing me back home before I die?